Davis Memorial Goodwill Industries

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2012

Signed

Aug 13, 2013

Return Version

2012v2.1

Gross Receipts

$40,743,873

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Contracts: one of goodwill of greater washington's most successful business and mission fulfillment operations is its contract services division. In 2012, under the ability one program, goodwill employed more than 200 people in its 13 contract sites throughout the dc area including the bureau of engraving & printing, the national gallery of art, the old post office pavilion, bolling air force base and the u.s. Geological survey. More than 79% of all the labor hours performed on these contracts are performed by individuals with significant disabilities. Goodwill provides custodial, grounds maintenance, and glassware cleaning services to government and commercial facilities. Goodwill offers its employees hope, dignity, and a future for themselves and their families. Goodwill is all about people working. We are one of the washington, dc area's largest providers of employment and training services for people with disabilities and other barriers to employment. We believe in work. Work helps build self-confidence, friendship, independence, dignity and trust. Everyone deserves a chance to have these things in life. Goodwill provides that chance.

Activity 3

Workforce development: in 2012, goodwill of greater washington's workforce development division provided job training, employment and other supportive services to over 3,200 people within the region at goodwill's three career centers and exceeded its placement goal by securing permanent employment for 220 program graduates. Those placed averaged a starting wage of $13.36/hour. These critical services were funded through the revenue generated by goodwill's contracts operations, the donations sold at goodwill's 14 area retail stores, and through the generous financial support of our individual and corporate donors. The community demand for workforce development services continues to grow due to the recognition of goodwill's success in placing people who have been most challenged in finding employment on their own. The populations goodwill serves are very diverse and face a variety of barriers to employment. They may have physical, emotional, developmental or other disabling conditions; or they may lack an education or english proficiency. Many of the people goodwill serves are ex-offenders trying to rebuild their lives. Others, particularly women, have had challenges in keeping steady employment due to the challenges of caring for dependents. The one consistent barrier faced by all of the people who walk through goodwill's doors is a lack of marketable job skills. That's why the workforce development division provides employability skills training (job readiness), job placement, occupational skills training, job coaching, and/or retention services. These services help individuals with disadvantages and disabilities enter or re-enter the workplace with confidence and dignity. Our primary goal is to match the skills, interests, and work preferences of our students to the needs of local employers who offer sustainable wages. This is accomplished through an individualized employment plan, mock-interviews, career assessments, internships, work trials, and other discovery strategies. In 2012, goodwill offered its applicants multiple job training and preparation options including a three-week career navigation program, a six-week unarmed security & protective services training in which participants can earn 6 college credits at northern virginia community college, and a ten-week green construction pre-apprenticeship training. Additionally, goodwill launched in may of 2012 the hospitality outreach and pathways to employment (hope) training program in collaboration with the university of dc community college and progressive partners. This ten-week program prepared district residents for entry-level positions in the local high growth industry of hospitality by concentrating on the american hotel and lodging association's 'skills, tasks & results training' (start) curriculum and certification. At the foggy bottom career center, we offered individualized job development, placement and coaching services to adults and youth with disabilities through partnerships with dc rehabilitation services administration and md department of rehabilitative services.

Filer

EIN

53-0196588